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Family Ties Across Households Judith A. Seltzer UCLA Counting Couples Conference, July 20, 2011 Family Complexity and Complex Data Increasingly complex families Parents and minor children who live apart Multi-partner fertility

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Family Ties Across Households Judith A. Seltzer UCLA

Counting Couples Conference, July 20, 2011

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Family Complexity and Complex Data

 Increasingly complex families

 Parents and minor children who live apart  Multi-partner fertility  Step and quasi-step relationships  Extended transition to adulthood

 Data improvements

 Federal surveys and researcher initiated  Data Assessment: Bianchi et al., CCPR 2007-020

http://papers.ccpr.ucla.edu/papers/PWP-CCPR-2007-020/PWP-CCPR-2007-020.pdf

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Taking Stock of the Questions

 Who helps a family member who is not living with them?  How is help associated with the well- being of those who give help and those who receive it?  How do legal arrangements (custody, support) affect relationships between parents and children who live apart?

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Demographic Perspective

 Identify the population  Geography matters  Determining who lives here  Potential transfers: The missing piece  Looking to the future

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Identify the Population

 Kin Availability

 Need to know who helps and who does not Nonresident fathers; Elderly parents

 Children vs. Mothers vs. Fathers

 Birth cohort vs. cross-sectional samples  1 parent, 1+ children  Parents older than age 44  Mother sample ≠ father sample  Biological + social parents

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Geography Matters

 State laws, economic opportunities

 CPS-CSS – same state Q

 Proximity associated with care

 Description vs. causation  Measurement  Coordinates, travel time, miles apart  Evaluate reports vs. coordinates (HRS)

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Determining Who Lives Here

 Household rosters taken for granted

 Rs’ vs. researchers’ residence rules  Ambiguous situations

 2000 census – joint custody duplicates  Youths transitioning from parents’ household

 Getting residence right

 Geographic location  Skip patterns  Need clear rules communicated clearly

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Potential Transfers: The Missing Piece

 Family as safety net

 Theoretical importance extends beyond family in the household  Who could get help? Who expects to give it?  Data on kin availability, needs/resources, perceived obligation

 Behavior vs. attitudes  Module – Add Health, NLSY97, PSID

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Looking to the Future

 New technology for keeping in touch

 Do new modes change cross-household ties?

 Multi-partner fertility increases complexity

f reporting tasks

 More ambiguous living situations are challenge for HH rosters

 Downstream effect on question sequences

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